Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 19, 2013

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 19, 2013
Start: 2013-07-19T12:54
End: 2013-07-19T17:00
Location: West Virginia

July 19, 2013 · NWS PBZ · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

An upper level disturbance moving southeast across the upper Ohio Valley produced thunderstorms, some of which were severe, with some flash flooding as well. A weak and short lived tornado also occurred in Carroll county, Ohio.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $25,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 3

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS PBZ wrote it up.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Pittsburgh, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 19, 11:08 AM EST, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 11:08 AM EST, 1 hour 46 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 19, 10:42 AM EST, 2 hours 12 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1142 AM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013

MDZ001-PAZ008-009-015-016-022-023-073>076-WVZ023-041-201545-
GARRETT-VENANGO-FOREST-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA-ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-
WESTMORELAND-WESTMORELAND RIDGES-FAYETTE-FAYETTE RIDGES-PRESTON-
TUCKER-
1142 AM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MARYLAND...NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. A
FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND TORRENTIAL RAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND
LARGE HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION LIKELY WILL BE NEEDED ON SATURDAY.

OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007-013-014-020-021-029-031-
WVZ001>004-012-021-022-201545-
TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON-JEFFERSON OH-
MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE-MERCER-LAWRENCE-BUTLER-
BEAVER-ALLEGHENY-WASHINGTON-GREENE-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO-MARSHALL-
WETZEL-MARION-MONONGALIA-
1142 AM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...WEST CENTRAL
PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF
WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   HEAT ADVISORY.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. A
FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND TORRENTIAL RAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND
LARGE HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION LIKELY WILL BE NEEDED ON SATURDAY.

KRAMAR

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 19, 11:45 AM EST, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 19, 11:58 AM EST, 56 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 19, 12:47 PM EST, 7 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
147 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013

WVZ021-022-191815-
MARION WV-MONONGALIA WV-
147 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL MARION AND SOUTH CENTRAL
MONONGALIA COUNTIES...

AT 146 PM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM
FARMINGTON TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WORTHINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 10
MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE PENNY SIZE HAIL. HEAVY RAIN WILL POND WATER
ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.

  LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FESTUS...             FARMINGTON...         WORTHINGTON...
  GRANT TOWN...         MONONGAH...           BARRACKVILLE...
  RIVESVILLE...         FAIRMONT...           BENTONS FERRY...

PLEASE REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER BY CALLING...412-262-1988...POSTING
TO THE NWS PITTSBURGH FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER
@NWSPITTSBURGH.

LAT...LON 3943 8027 3944 8034 3945 8039 3956 8026
      3956 8002 3939 8021

KRAMAR

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 119 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:54 UTC.

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Event by event

2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Marion

When: July 19, 12:54 PM EST
Where: Marion County, 0.87 mi SE of Bethlehem
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $15,000
Reported by: Broadcast Media
Coordinates: 39.460, -80.260

The media reported trees down.

Hail, Monongalia

When: July 19, 1:31 PM EST
Where: Monongalia County, 2.14 mi SSE of Burns Chapel
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Broadcast Media
Coordinates: 39.540, -79.870

Thunderstorm Wind, Hancock

When: July 19, 5:00 PM EST
Where: Hancock County, 1.05 mi E of Weirton
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 40.400, -80.560

A trained spotter reported trees down.

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in West Virginia in 2013 Every state in 2013 This day in weather history Warnings in West Virginia, July 2013

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 462892, 462891, 462893.